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neurotóxico

Portuguese, noun/new.ɾoˈtɔk.si.ku/

neurotóxico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “neurotoxin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância tóxica para o sistema nervoso”.

What does neurotóxico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    neurotoxic

noun

  1. 1

    masculineneurotoxin

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se da substância tóxica para o sistema nervoso

noun: 1. substância tóxica para o sistema nervoso

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of neurotóxico

  • neurotóxica feminine
  • neurotóxicos masculine plural
  • neurotóxicas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce neurotóxico?

  • Brazil /new.ɾoˈtɔk.si.ku/
  • Brazil [neʊ̯.ɾoˈtɔk.si.ku]
  • Portugal /new.ɾuˈtɔk.si.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to neurotóxico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is neurotóxico in Portuguese?

neurotóxico appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).